Initiation

This page is for the KONAMI original song by 謎の勢力 that appears in beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS. For the licensed song by X.Y.Z.→A that appears in jubeat plus, please see INITIATION.

Initiation

Song Information

Artist: BEMANI Sound Team "謎の勢力"
Composition/Arrangement: Konami Amusement (Nazo no seiryoku)
BPM: 160
Length: 2:06
Genre: 00's TECHNO
VJ: BEMANI Designers
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• An extended version of Initiation, titled Initiation -aggressive solicitation mix-, can be found on the beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.

Trivia

• Initiation is the final unlock of beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS' Gekisou! Cannon racer (激走！キャノンレーサー) event. It can be unlocked from July 26th, 2018 by finishing the final continent.
  • From February 7th, 2019, its charts can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage via 天使の魔導書.
• Nazo no seiryoku is speculated to be one of the following composers:
  • Yoshitaka Nishimura, as Nazo no seiryoku requested FLOWER for the ending theme of the BEMANI Namahousou (kari) (BEMANI生放送（仮）) live stream of July 29th, 2018.
  • Yasuhiro Taguchi, who wore a "BEMANI Sound Team" shirt with Nazo no seiryoku (謎の勢力) written at the back during the The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship in January 27th, 2019.
  • Takayuki Ishikawa, due to similarities with his other techno songs under his D.J.SETUP alias.
    • In addition, 謎の勢力 alias are referred to as well as his D.J.Amuro alias in the lyrics of ♥LOVE² シュガ→♥ (かめりあ&ななひら's Over-Sweet-Dempa ♥LOVE² シュガ→♥な恋愛教室 Remix).
• Kaito is uncredited on the official CANNON BALLERS website page for Initiation's video.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and TexTage.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Hell Charge Notes / Hell Backspin Scratches	-	762 / 23 / 0	1277 / 61 / 0	2018 / 79 / 1	817 / 32 / 0	1338 / 56 / 0	2018 / 90 / 0	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS→Present	-	7	10	12	7	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}